Originally Posted by
LondonAussie
The facial recognition scanners at JFK boarding gates are scarily powerful. They can identify you from quite a distance while walking up without stopping and looking sideways.
So I would guess these people were scanned by the cameras just by walking past.
There was no attempt at using the scanners. Indeed the scanners were not active at the time. I could see the scanners and they did not react to any of the three walking past.
So if using the gate facial scanners is a pre-requisite of confirming they are leaving the US, why did BA bypass them?
Gate staff also have the ability to do a passport check if the facial scanner doesn't work, but that wasnt done at the gate either.
I just think BA should be really careful about appearing to flout the rules. Why not just take the extra 10 seconds per person at the gate?